How best to describe Paul Naschy? Was he Lon Chaney with the face of John Saxon? Was he the Vincent Price of Spain? To tell you the truth, Paul Naschy was one of a kind. Actor, director, screenwriter, and even sometimes producer. He wore every mask at one point or another, and played ever role, from Wolfman to Frankenstein, to Dracula, and even Satan himself.

Where Lon Chaney Jr played the American Wolfman, Naschy’s Casanova version of the role practically chewed the scenery. No matter the quality of a film, the poor dubbing, or awful edited versions that have been butchered a hundred times for American audiences, there’s no denying how compelling Naschy still is in those films. He was just that good. He was also known to be a fantastic, down-to-earth kind of person, too, which goes a long way in my book for any major star.

Shout Factory just released some epic collections of Naschy films I’d like to get my hands on, having settled for some of those more questionable releases I’ve mentioned, and it was about time too.

I couldn’t resist ending on this fantastic tribute video I found. I hope some day more of the world will really come to appreciate this brilliant man. Oh, and by the way, happy halloween!

It was about time I got around to featuring a Paul Naschy movie (I might even feature him in the near future), and what better movie to suggest than the first of his many…many…werewolf movies: La Marca del Hombre-lobo, aka (in the USA) Frankenstein’s Bloody Terror!

One of the many victims of really crappy dubbing and inappropriate cutting for American audiences, I’d suggest just getting a hold of the original Spanish language version and watching it with subtitles. There isn’t even a Frankenstein monster in the movie…until we got our hands on it. Then we threw this little bit in there…solely to attach this movie as a double feature to an actual Frankenstein movie.

Bitching about cinema massacres aside, ‘La Marca del Hombre-lobo’ is a pretty fun little ride. Dramatic shots with plenty of gaudy lighting. A fancy costume party. Make-up reminiscent of the Wolfman, perhaps if he let his mane grow out…clearly it would influence the designs for Game of Werewolves…I could go on for ages.

Honestly, until I watched this, I thought the twist in the Wolfman remake was a bit…odd. Particularly where the curse originated, but once I saw La Marca, I realized it was a reference to this movie, making Benicio’s film a combination of the original Wolfman and essentially the Spanish one.

Bottom line, Naschy is just a fantastic actor. Even if the movies he was in weren’t always as good as him, he was great onscreen. That’s why this week’s featured film is La Marca del Hombre-lobo/Frankenstein’s Bloody Terror/The Mark of the Wolfman/The Vampire of Dr. Dracula/The Werewolf’s Mark/Les vampires du Dr. Dracula/Hell’s Creatures/O horos ton vrykolakon/Le notti de Satana/Etc. Etc. There are so many titles for this movie, by the time you’re done reading the list, you forget the plot.

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